Sunday, February 23, 2003 - “There’s nothing wrong with having nothing to say — unless you insist on saying it.”   So I won’t.

Monday, February 24, 2003 - David Thoreau said “Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.” I received the following eMail — “Do you ever wear anything but red and purple T-shirts?” This put me in the mind of a ‘Dear Dave’ letter from the Letterman Show. “To Nosy Parker,” I typed. “Seeing that you cannot differentiate between a T-shirt and a nightshirt, I will make no fashion statement at this time.” Need I say fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other? The full Mark Twain quote is “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” The times, oh, they have changed. And only black T-shirts.
Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - My policy these days in regards to Blaine’s $100,000 Challenge is “Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.” This policy has only served to increase the number of eMails and death threats I receive. In reply, the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion is arming the February newsletter for decimation at 186,000 miles per second. SPECTRE headquarters, once concealed by the appearance of a reputable charity and situated at No. 136 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, was later moved to the Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps. That tidbit won me a cheese wedge in 007 Trivial Pursuit.
Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - I’m cultivating my solitary confinement look. L.L. writes ” [The] Chief problem with JJs [Jumble Jitters #8] (and with books): I can solve (read) them in so much less time than the author needs to create them. So I’m always hungry.” Lois Lane? Lana Lang? And what’s this about books? If February’s newsletter arrived without photos, the rumors of censorship are true! You missed out on the gold orb conspiracy! Oliver Stone observes “This picture was supposedly taken the day the orb was hidden, last October. How is it different from the “Big dub-a-ya” pic??? The ‘gold’ looks like a gold foil candy bar wrapper.”
Thursday, February 27, 2003 - Treebeard meets Wolfman Jack? Great Halloween idea I’m thinking. That’s what I get for listening to LoveLine on KROQ with Dr. Drew and Adam Corolla before I retire. Someone wrote to question my use of the term non sequitur. Apparently his dictionary was unavailable as it was propping up the right side of his sofa bed in the backroom of his Mom’s trailer. What happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object? Certainly not a non sequitur. (Pair of socks.) “What route do you drive to work?” A non sequitur replies “I use a garden weasal, as if that’s any of your business!” Blaine fact, it is still unsolved!
Friday, February 28, 2003 - WHK wrote to say “Has it occurred to you that there is a great deal of irony in asking people to pre-pay for a game called ‘The Fool and his Money’?” Um. No. Not at all. (They’re onto me. Start packin’ up the pick-up truck and dress the kids. We hit Mexico by dawn!) I know I’ve lost all credibility with the DB book circle, but you have to realize I was paid a flat fee for that enterprise. The Fool and the 3 are sacrosanct, kinfolk, cousins to Merlin’s Apprentice and Labyrinth of Crete, the last two, now available for the Macintosh. S.M. writes to say he solved Three in 15 hours and Fool in 12 hours — gadzooks!
Saturday, March 1, 2003 - Hayley Mills in “The Parent Trap.” Sing it! “Let’s get together, yeah yeah yeah. Think of all that we could sha-are. Let’s get together everyday. Every way and everywhere. And though we haven’t got a lot. We could be sharin’ all we’ve got. Together, yeah yeah yeah.” Innocent lyrics for the times? Doubtful those lyrics were ever innocent. The more I research Tarot cards, the more I’m convinced any given Tarot ‘throw’ can mean anything you want it to mean. I say this as a good thing. Going to the art shoppe, I chose the right frame of mind to finish the Christopher Lee homage and the Curiosities page as advertised.